Shallow Skill

VerifiedSafe

This skill tests the shallow namespace generation for skills at the first level under the skills/ directory. It is used to verify that the skill's flattened name matches the expected pattern and to compare with deeper nesting scenarios.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
TestingBeginner
606/2/2026
Claude Code
#shallow-namespace#deep-skill-comparison#skill-generation#validation

Recommended for

Our review

This skill verifies the correct generation of shallow namespaces under the skills directory and compares them with deep-skill namespaces.

Strengths

  • Simple validation of namespace structure.
  • Helps identify differences between shallow and deep skill naming.
  • Quick sanity check for skill organization.

Limitations

  • Only checks naming, not functionality.
  • May be redundant once namespace rules are stable.
  • Hardcoded comparison with deep-skill.
When to use it

When setting up a new skill directory structure or after changes to namespace generation logic.

When not to use it

In production workflows unrelated to skill system development.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score80/100

The skill has no executable operations, no declared tools, and only contains instructions for testing namespace generation, posing no security risk.

No concerns found

Examples

Verify shallow namespace
Run the shallow skill to confirm namespace generation and compare with deep-skill.

Shallow Skill

A shallow skill at the first level under skills/.

Expected flattened name: local:test-deep-nesting:shallow

Instructions

When this skill is invoked:

  1. Confirm shallow namespace generation is working
  2. Compare with deep-skill namespace
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